As the camera fills up and files need to be deleted, the monthly cleansing can gobble up good photos hidden among many that are out of focus or of the lens cover or any other camera blunder that goes hand in hand with underwater photography.   As I was sifting through the memory card, I came across the photos below taken by Bruce and Teresa only 2 weeks ago.  Of 100+ photos, these 8 caught my eye and makes me wish I was diving every single day of the week.

If these critters don’t wet your appetite for diving, then you’ve probably already seen it all and need to sell your diving gear. Just kidding.

Anyways, Teresa took these photos with a Sea and Sea over 3 days of diving in the Alacrity Rocks region on the western side of the Astrolabe Reef in Fiji.

And yes, that is a huge octopus!

Aaron and Tara visited the Resort during the first week of November 2009.  I remember the first day, checking out the camera gear after their refresher dive in front of the Resort.  Nikon cameras, macro lenses, camera housing,  and strobes, not to mention their normal diving gear.  My initial thoughts were ‘who needs all of this stuff?’  But after I started looking at their pictures, I began to appreciate the gear and the patience that goes into making a beautiful photo.

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